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Adrian Vedady

Academic title(s): 

Course Instructor (Jazz Bass; Jazz Combo)

Adrian Vedady
Department: 
Music Performance
Area(s): 
Jazz
Contact Information
Email address: 
adrian.vedady [at] mcgill.ca
Instrument(s): 
Bass
Group: 
Faculty
Biography: 

Adrian Vedady is one of Montreal鈥檚 finest jazz bassists, known for his beautiful sound, his creativity, his ability to connect with a broad array of musicians, and his soulfulness. Since 1999, Adrian Vedady has been performing, recording and touring with Montreal's very best musicians including Wray Downes, Al McLean, Andre White, Joel Miller, Mike Rud, Yannick Rieu, Francois Bourassa, Joe Sullivan, Steve Amirault, Kate Wyatt, Chet Doxas, and Christine Jensen. And internationally with the likes of Marc Copland, Jean-Michel Pilc, Dan Weiss, Dave Liebman, Ravi Coltrane, Ingrid Jensen, David Binney, Sheila Jordan, Laila Biali, Azar Lawrence and Ariel Pocock. Vedady has won three Juno awards for best jazz album with Mike Rud's Notes on Montreal, Jacques Seguin鈥檚 Migrations and most recently with Christine Jensen鈥檚 Day Moon. He also has an East Coast Music award for best jazz album with the Montreal Jazz Trio. He has been awarded composition grants from the Quebec Council for the Arts and a FACTOR recording grant which led to the recording of his first album as a leader: In Three Acts (2007). Adrian is a well-regarded professor of double bass and teaches at 好色TVl and Concordia University. He is also sought after as a clinician, and has given masterclasses all across Canada.

鈥淲hat a ridiculously fine bass player Adrian Vedady is. His impeccable ear for tuning and level/balance, his agility around the instrument and his fluency as an improviser are just jaw-dropping.鈥 -Sebastian Scotney, London Jazz News, 2022.

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